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Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – August 25 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
. A student of Andrea Pisano
Andrea Pisano

Andrea Pisano , also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian people sculpture and architect.He first learned the trade of a goldsmith....
 as well as Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone , better known simply as Giotto, was an italy Painting and architect from Florence. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance....
, his younger brothers Jacopo di Cione
Jacopo di Cione

Jacopo di Cione was an Italian people painter.Born in Florence between 1320 and 1330, he is closely associated with his three older brothers Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo , Nardo di Cione and Matteo di Cione, and often worked collaboratively with them....
 and Nardo di Cione
Nardo di Cione

Nardo di Cione, , was an Italy Painting, sculptor and architect from Florence. He was the brother of the more accomplished Andrea di Cione, called Orcagna, as well as Jacopo di Cione; they were important members of the Painter?s Guild of Florence....
 were also artists.

His works include the "Altarpiece of the Redeemer" (1354-57) in the Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella and the tabernacle in Orsanmichele
Orsanmichele

Orsanmichele is a Church in the Italy city of Florence. The building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Michele, now gone....
 (finished 1359) which was regarded as "the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic".

His fresco The Triumph of Death inspired Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt was a Kingdom of Hungary composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century....
's masterwork Totentanz
Totentanz (Liszt)

Totentanz. Paraphrase on "Dies irae." , List of compositions by Franz Liszt , is the name of a symphonic piece for solo piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt, which is notable for being based on the Gregorian plainchant melody Dies Irae as well as for daring stylistic innovations....
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Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – August 25 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
. A student of Andrea Pisano
Andrea Pisano

Andrea Pisano , also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian people sculpture and architect.He first learned the trade of a goldsmith....
 as well as Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone , better known simply as Giotto, was an italy Painting and architect from Florence. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance....
, his younger brothers Jacopo di Cione
Jacopo di Cione

Jacopo di Cione was an Italian people painter.Born in Florence between 1320 and 1330, he is closely associated with his three older brothers Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo , Nardo di Cione and Matteo di Cione, and often worked collaboratively with them....
 and Nardo di Cione
Nardo di Cione

Nardo di Cione, , was an Italy Painting, sculptor and architect from Florence. He was the brother of the more accomplished Andrea di Cione, called Orcagna, as well as Jacopo di Cione; they were important members of the Painter?s Guild of Florence....
 were also artists.

His works include the "Altarpiece of the Redeemer" (1354-57) in the Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella and the tabernacle in Orsanmichele
Orsanmichele

Orsanmichele is a Church in the Italy city of Florence. The building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Michele, now gone....
 (finished 1359) which was regarded as "the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic".

His fresco The Triumph of Death inspired Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt was a Kingdom of Hungary composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century....
's masterwork Totentanz
Totentanz (Liszt)

Totentanz. Paraphrase on "Dies irae." , List of compositions by Franz Liszt , is the name of a symphonic piece for solo piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt, which is notable for being based on the Gregorian plainchant melody Dies Irae as well as for daring stylistic innovations....
. Among Orcagna's pupils is Nello di Vanni, a Pisan
Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa....
 painter of the 14th century, who also worked for the Campo Santo. Nello di Vanni is conjectured to be identical with Bernardo Nello or Giovanni Falcone.

The mosiac decoration and the rose window of the cathedral of Orvieto is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359.